accend
v. C2 Proficiency ac·cend
v. to light a fire or a lamp. This is an old word that people do not use in modern English.
v. to light or set on fire; to kindle.
The servant was ordered to accend the candles in the hall.
In the old play, the stage directions instructed the crew to accend the torches as the villain entered the room.
The poet describes the sun as a celestial body that accends at dawn, casting its first rays upon the sleeping valley to awaken the inhabitants.
From Middle English accenden, from Latin accendere (“to kindle”), formed from ad- + candere (“to shine”).